H. C. Ørsted discovered aluminium, but he did not take his discovery seriously Ørsted, the great physicist, was also a great chemist. In 1825, he was the first to discover the element aluminium, but it was not until 100 years later that his discovery was recognised.
Venus has no moon, yet this moon was discovered in the 1700s BOOK: How can one discover something that does not exist? Here's the story of the non-discovery of the Venus moon and the planet that never was, Vulcan.
Why the world should remember this forgotten Danish physicist The little-known physicist Ludvig Lorenz ought to be better known, for he truly stands alongside the great figures in international science.
Science has always been driven by money New project seeks to uncover the influence that money has had on history’s great scientific discoveries.